Too Bad I Take Things Seriously

In this case.

Although Tang Suiming committed many crimes, they cannot be considered particularly heinous.

He meets the conditions for a reduced sentence upon confession.

As long as he confesses before the police arrest him, avoiding the apprehension process, and truthfully discloses his criminal activities, he should be entitled to a reduced sentence.

"You... come in with me."

Seeing Tang Suiming being so cooperative, Shen Dao’s expression was somewhat complex.

He took Tang Suiming into the police station.

And led him to the interrogation room.

"Alright, what do you want to disclose?"

Looking at Tang Suiming sitting in the wheelchair, Shen Dao opened with these words.

"I... over these years..."

Tang Suiming’s eyes flickered, avoiding direct eye contact with Shen Dao.

But for the sake of a reduced sentence.

He hesitated, then began recounting the affairs of his past years.

Including...

Starting a company, how he coerced and tempted his peers, how he bribed senior management of other companies, and so on.

"Those who cooperated with me include..."

As he continued talking.

Tang Suiming spilled the beans on all his "teammates."

He was caught.

There’s no need to cover for them too, after all, one saves oneself first.

"Hold on, slow down, it’s getting hard to keep up with the record..."

Listening to the names and events Tang Suiming narrated, Shen Dao couldn’t help but interrupt him.

This is definitely...

He was the most aware and cooperative criminal he had ever encountered.

Even before the interrogation started, he blurted out everything like beans poured from a bamboo tube.

The key point...

There were many things they hadn’t even investigated yet, still pending detection.

The officer beside him responsible for documenting was struggling to keep up.

Pen couldn’t keep pace.

"I understand your eagerness to report your accomplices, but we have to take it step by step. Try to clearly confess each matter."

Staring at Tang Suiming, Shen Dao advised him earnestly.

As a police officer.

He very much appreciated seeing criminals like Tang Suiming actively confess and honestly disclose.

It could greatly reduce their workload.

Thinking this through, he spoke again: "First, confess the matter of attacking the forum this time."

Tang Suiming cooperated fully.

Honestly stated: "I discovered this forum unintentionally and found its traffic was huge, so I proactively contacted the site administrator, requesting ad placement, but they refused. Left with no choice, I had to resort to other means."

"Does ’other means’ refer to threats?"

Shen Dao raised an eyebrow, asking in a deep voice.

Tang Suiming nodded: "I first contacted Liao Xiangming, then went on to..."

At this point.

He straightforwardly sold out all the hackers he hired.

As a businessman.

There was nothing he wouldn’t sell except himself.

Apart from that.

He also ratted out all the gangs he knew that specialized in gray-market operations...

Though unrelated to this case, he didn’t hesitate as long as it reduced his sentence.

Hence...

This interrogation lasted four hours and Tang Suiming hadn’t finished talking.

"Hold on, let’s stop here for today, we... let’s have a meal first, you take a rest, we’ll continue next time."

Shen Dao wiped his forehead, tearfully interrupting Tang Suiming.

Even though the criminal information Tang Suiming disclosed was valuable.

But...

He and his colleague had been interrogating for so long, they were genuinely hungry.

Yet Tang Suiming appeared full of energy, talking more enthusiastically, as if he was addicted.

With an unsatisfied look.

Helplessly.

He had to forcibly interrupt him.

Humans are iron and food is steel.

Despite his eagerness to sell out his partners, at least they had to eat first.

...

Qianzhou.

In a residential area.

Ma Ming, as usual, returned to his rented room after work.

Habitually turned on his computer.

Logged into the forum backend.

Intended to check the forum’s data.

The forum had been paralyzed by an attack for so long, yet daily active users didn’t decrease at all.

Now these netizens...

Were all awaiting a result.

"Wonder when... the forum will recover."

Ma Ming murmured a sentence.

Clicked open the forum.

Unexpectedly found...

At some point, the forum had already recovered!

"What’s going on? No more hacker attacks?"

Ma Ming’s eyes lit up, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

At the same time.

During the time after the forum was restored, thousands of posts had already appeared.

"**! The forum is finally back! Do you know how I’ve been surviving these past days?"

"I’m so pissed, those *** hackers have finally quieted down!"

"*******, too bad we can’t curse here on the forum, I’d really like to swear at those ***!"

"Everyone calm down, let me explain the criteria for filing a case against a forum attack. If it causes more than 100 users to be unable to log in, they can be sentenced!"

"100 users? The number of brothers on the forum is only that many? It definitely reached a million, let them rot in jail!"

"..."

Ma Ming briefly glanced over.

Almost every post contained asterisks.

No doubt about it.

These angry netizens...

Were kindly greeting these hackers’ ancestors across eighteen generations and enthusiastically inviting them to visit the surface.

If it weren’t for him setting all profanities and texts affecting unity as sensitive words...

The forum would have turned into a massive profanity ground by now.

With this thought.

He quickly used his admin status to post a thread and pinned it to the top of the forum.

"Everyone, don’t panic, the up has already taken action, and believe it won’t be long before this matter is resolved."

And as soon as this pinned post came out.

Replies from netizens flooded in like schools of fish, endless and unrelenting.

First floor: Just as I expected, up really took action!

Second floor: Suddenly, I’m not so mad at these hackers anymore. Being targeted by up... just wish them luck.

Third floor: The betting starts! Everyone, guess how many years the opponent gets this time?

Fourth floor: Who are you underestimating? When up takes action, would it be less than ten years?!

Fifth floor: I just searched online, and it seems the penalty for computer information crimes isn’t that high.

Sixth floor: From my understanding of up, this case definitely involves other charges!

Seventh floor: I’m betting everything I own, there’s definitely going to be some lucky person’s sentence that exceeds fifteen years!

Eighth floor: Only fifteen years? I’m betting twenty!

Ninth floor: Sadly, our country’s legal system’s highest sentence is only twenty-five years. If it were like abroad with two hundred years, that would be better.

Tenth floor: Two hundred years? Would they then die in prison taking care of others’ seniors?

Eleventh floor: Here’s the problem, if a prisoner dies in custody, how should they handle it? Keep the body imprisoned?

Twelfth floor: That depends on how they died.

Thirteenth floor: Open up, checking the water meter!

Fourteenth floor...

In a short time.

The number of comments had exceeded three thousand and continued to grow relentlessly.

And the focus of the netizens’ discussion...

Shifted from betting on the sentence length to how to deal with prisoners dying in custody.

"This... perhaps only up would know?"

Seeing this "academic" question, Ma Ming shook his head with a bitter smile.

Even though he had followed the study of legal knowledge for so long.

He had never encountered such a problem before.

...

Jin City.

In the nursing home.

In the legal advisor’s office.

Taking advantage of office hours, Qin Mu was also browsing the forum.

Also noticed this new focus of discussion among the netizens.

"The direction these netizens are focused on... is way too wild."

Qin Mu’s lips twitched.

Also somewhat surprised.

Someone raised the issue of how to handle if a prisoner dies in custody, which unexpectedly sparked a heated debate.

As for this issue...

It actually requires specific analysis for specific circumstances.

According to the "Prison Law" regulations: if a prisoner dies during serving their sentence, the prison should immediately notify the prisoner’s family and the procuratorate, the court.

In the case of death by illness, the prison performs a medical evaluation.

If the procuratorate has doubts about the prison’s medical evaluation, they can re-evaluate the cause of death.

If the prisoner’s family has doubts, they can notify the procuratorate.

If the prisoner dies abnormally, the procuratorate should immediately inspect and determine the cause of death.

If the prisoner committed suicide...

The situation would be different and the responsibilities of the correctional officers and guardians would be investigated.

Because...

Prisons are responsible for ensuring the safety of prisoners in custody.

On the other hand.

Once in prison, committing suicide is generally not possible.

Additionally.

If the prisoner is injured or dies due to accidents during prison labor reform...

Their families can apply for corresponding compensation from the prison or detention center.

If the prison refuses compensation, it can be taken to court.

As for the remaining sentence not served...

Naturally, it’s as if the person’s life extinguishes like a lamp, and like debts, once a person dies, it disappears, no longer pursued.

However...

The difference between sentences and debts is that the inheritance of the deceased’s estate also takes on the corresponding debts.

But sentences cannot be inherited.